Inspire Change with Gunter

Inspire Change with Gunter

Become a supporter in the Changemaker Collective of this podcast. Sign up here, its only $12 per month to join the Changemaker Colletctive of Inspire Change with Gunter Podcast: : JOIN CHANGEMAKER COLLECTIVE OR If you want more, join the Legends of Power Swoboda-Josephson Inner Circle as a VIP that includes the Changemaker Collective here: JOIN LEGENDS OF POWER w/CHANGEMAKER COLLECTIVE International Psychologist, Author, Speaker and Producer Gunter Swoboda continues to Inspire Change and enlighten and educate on Masculinities and Male Empowerment. After 40 years of working with adolescent boys and men, Gunter founded Making Good Men Great. It focuses on helping men recognize how to evolve as a Man in all the spheres of his life. We continue with our regular of broadcasts of 20-30 minute episodes hosted by Gunter every week and then we will have special guests lined up during each season for special 50-1 hour episodes. We also will take requests from past guests or friends of the podcasts to fill in as a guest host. For more information on becoming a guest or guest hosting, email creative@bonfirecinema.com or query the showrunner Miranda Spigener-Sapon at miranda.sapon@bonfirecinema.com - www.GunterSwoboda.com & www.GoodMenGreat.com - Inspire Change with Gunter is Produced in Los Angeles by Miranda Spigener-Sapon by Bonfire Cinema. Thank you for listening! Executive Producer/Showrunner: Miranda Spigener-Sapon Co-Exec. Producer: DeVonna Prinzi Producer/Creator/Host: Gunter Swoboda Guest Booking: Miranda.Sapon@bonfirecinema.com SUBJECT LINE: "Guest Submission" Jr. Publicist: Dessie Bien Dessie.Bien@lavendersagepr.com Sr. Publicist: Nate Munoz Announcer: Grayson Arndt Inspire Change with Gunter Podcast Theme Music score: Irad Eshel About Gunter, The Short Story…… Gunter is a psychologist, speaker, author, mentor, coach and facilitator with over 30 years experience in counseling and organizational development. SPEAKER After more than 40 years experience Gunter’s passionate perspectives on what makes human beings thrive makes him a very insightful commentator and speaker. His aim is to stimulate your mind, touch your heart, and inspire your soul. Gunter is a psychologist, speaker, author, mentor, coach and facilitator with over 30 years experience in counseling and organizational development. Gunter has given keynotes all over Australia, NYC and Los Angeles as well as being a TEDx Speaker. Author We all have a story. Stories that touch us the most are about that moment when we make the choice to be real, to drop any pretense of pride, power and position. In that telling moment we step into a new space where our ability to overcome fear allows us to be truly authentic in our relationship to the world. In that moment we become fully human. Gunter has authored a novel Mountains of Sea published by Winterwolf Press and he self-published the non-fiction, Making Good Men Great: Surfing the New Wave of Masculinity. Both books are available at all major and independent retailers globally. The Making Good Men Great Movement also made Oprah’s #MustWatch list in 2018. Mentor In both the personal and professional sphere, Gunter has successfully worn many hats. Added to his education, experience and eloquence it allows him to develop a relationship with someone that ignites their aspirations. Coach In today’s world, the challenge to be ‘perfect’ is a constant source of stress. Gunter firmly believes that each person has to find their ‘own bliss’. His part in that journey is to engage with the person he is working with to unlock their aspirations, align them to their vision and to help keep them inspired. Facilitator Gunter is exceptional in facilitating outcomes in learning, productivity, and communication by providing a safe environment with unobtrusive assistance and guidance wherein participants experience the flow between content and context. His skill in utilizing philosophical and psychological methods enhances the participants experience in the process. To purchase Gunter's books: Making Good Men Great: Surfing the New Wave of Masculinity you can get it on Amazon Prime, Barnes & Noble and most online retailers: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Good-Men-Great-Masculinity/dp/0999266802 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Making-Good-Men-Great-Surfing-the-New-Wave-of-Masculinity-Paperback-9780999266809/685658548 In Australia: https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/making-good-men-great-gunter-swoboda/p/9780999266809 In the UK: https://www.waterstones.com/book/making-good-men-great/gunter-swoboda/9780999266809 To watch the Venice TV Award nominated documentary created by Gunter and directed by Miranda Spigener-Sapon you can rent or buy on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07RVD89XZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Alternative therapy options, try BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/GUNTER and get on your way to being your best self.” Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. Your discount code “gunter" will be automatically applied.

Episodes

April 23, 2025 22 mins
This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is discussing reimagining masculinity and will open the topic cutting deep among men and boys: Guilt, Shame and the infamous Bro-Code. We will explore the differences in guilt and shame and we will dissect and deep dive into that bro-code and how we can evolve!

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(00:00:00) Inspire Change SEASON 7-278 Family Dynamics & Teen Boys
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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter continues with his deep dive conversation on the family and boys, but this time driving further into the topic specifically on "Family Dynamics and Teen Boys."

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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is going to jump in a very important subject that affects many today, especially young men and boys  in an episode dedicated  to "Social Media's Impact on Boys."

Gunter will discuss the rhetoric these "influerncer" men like Andrew Tate, Dr. Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro who tend to put an influence on the manosphere.. In this age it only takes a single viral video on platforms like TikTok, Insta...
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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is carrying on the conversation about masculinity redefined and the strength of empathy and connection.  Our vision is about being inclusive, emotionally intelligent and being deeply conncected to others, he will challenge those traditional myths that don't serve us anymore and  about how patriarchial conditioning shaping how we think about manhood. He will show us how to look at masculinity from...
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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is dedicating this episode into a discussion on HEALING EMOTIONAL WOUNDS:  In order to process pain to foster growth.  We take an expanded journey of what these wounds are, what trauma is and the essential relationship between healing and emotional growth.

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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is deep diving into meaningful social transformation, but we need to first look at own evolution as humans.  Gunter will identify key concepts and nuanced layers of patriarchial norms and how they operate how they operate in not just conscious and subconscious. Time to peel back all the hidden layers so we can begin on our road to positive and real transformation.

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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is taking a deep dive into the patriarchy within us, internalized oppression.and how it affects us, our relationships  and society as a whole.

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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter opens up in a mindful conversation on something very important  that is affecting the USA and ultimately the World.: The world witnessed an ambush in The Oval Office  of the USA. Gunter will breakdown elements of the dark triad, Trump and Vance possess these strong traits and power of manipulation.

Gunter breaks down the 3 traits of The Dark Triad, that includes gaslighting - 
  1. Narcissism is a s...
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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter opens the discussion on integrating psychology, biology and sociiology.  The crucial role gender plays in cortisol, stress and longevity.

Gunter will deep dive into these questions and inviting you to some answers into this engaging discussion.

  • Why do women typically live longer than men?
  • How does stress and cortisol regulation differ between the two?
  • How can we redefine masculinity to foster hea...
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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter starts the conversation of this episode on "The Myth of Male Invulnerablity."  He will bring out and debunk these myths that men must always be inshakable, invulnerable and always in control.  He will point out that embracing vulnerability is not a weakness, but it makes men flexible and adaptable. Its an act of courage and furthers makeing men more adaptible.

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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter iopens the conversation on "Getting Out of the Breadwinner Culture." He will bring out several tips on relieving the stresses on men, culture and viable solutions for improving work-life-balance.


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This week on Inspire Change, Gunter is discussing a deep conversation into  the 5 Pillars of Patriarchy: He will dive into how these 5 pillars function and how they keep men trapped into an unhealthy set of roles and how they shape our lives and how to break free.
  1. Territory
  2. Hierarchy
  3. Combative
  4. Acquisition 
  5. Competition 

We have a special announcement, Gunter was nominated for Entrepreneur of Impact, if selected we can further the...
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This week on Inspire Change we have some uplifiting news in our efforts of globally inspiring change. We are almost at 90k downloads per weekly episode globally! This is huge since our humble beginnings when we began in season 1 back in 2020. This episode is on the topic of "Gender Policing" and Gunter will be engaging you in a conversation how boys learn to become men. Along the way he will touch on the current mental health crisi...
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This week on Inspire Change, again shout out and thank you to all the first responders LAFD, LAPD, the LA New DA Nathan Hochman and all those who have come from all over to Los Angeles that are out fighting fires and helping in the relief efforts for the city where our studio is based.  The focus for this new season is exploring the toxicity of patriarchy, reimagining masculinity, fostering personal
growth, and driving social change...
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Welcome and happy new year 2025 to all our listeners to season seven of Inspire Change with Gunter

This week on Inspire Change, we give shout out to all our first responders in Los Angeles that are out fighting fires and helping in the relief efforts for the city where our studio is based.  The focus for this new season is exploring the toxicity of patriarchy, reimagining masculinity, fostering personal
growth, and driving social cha...
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January 13, 2025 8 mins
Welcome and happy new year 2025 to all our listeners to season seven of Inspire Change with Gunter

Gunter will return this wednesday with an all new episode of Inspire Change with this Season 7-101 debut: 
Title: From the Micro to the Macro: Personal Transformation to Global Healing
Focus: Exploring the toxicity of patriarchy, reimagining masculinity, fostering personal
growth, and driving social change.

The rest of this season will be ...
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This week on Inspire Change...THIS IS IT! Well, for the year 2024, our last episode of the year.  We will be back as our network has greenlit and renewed Inspire Change for a SEASON SEVEN and boy are you in for some treats.  This week Gunter will focus this season finale on The Power of Gratitude, what that means and step it up by acting locally and thinking globally.


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This week on Inspire Change...Gunter continues with the conversation on ambition with a a look into the hidden costs of ambition.   You will learn about the drawbacks of our ambition when it can come at a cost and toll it takes on we as individuals and help us move toward more  healthier forms of innovations. If ambition is unbalanced it can be harmful to our mental health and wellbeing. So get ready to get down and dirty on this e...
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This week on Inspire Change...Gunter this week is taking an intellectual approach this week towards making good men great. While the conversation is directed at men, but much of this applies to women as well.  With some creativity you can take away what it means to you whether you're male or female. The journey and goals is to build a more equitable and compassion world. In today's podcast we look at whats embedded in "Making Good ...
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This week on Inspire Change...Gunter is delving into a transformative conversation into masculinity and healing.  Creating a pathway for men to discover their authentic selves.

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